Bio
Frank the Baptist is an American indie/alternative/goth/death rock band founded in San Diego, California by frontman Frank Vollmann (Telegram Frank, The Dirty Weather Project).
Strobelight Records was founded to release their first album, Different Degrees of Empty, in 2003, and all of the band's following albums has been released by the label. In 2004, the band toured Europe for the first time to support their second album, Beggars Would Ride. The band headlined the Wave Gotik Treffen music festival (as well as many others) in May 2005 at the Park Bühne, Werk2 in 2007, as well as a prime spot at Agre Halle in 2009.
Frank Vollmann relocated to Berlin in 2006, joining long-time comrades Fez Wrecker (Bonniwell Music Machine, Fuzztones) and Benn Ra (Hatesex, ex-Diva Destruction), both of whom had coincidentally played in early incarnations of Frank the Baptist in San Diego circa 1997-8. East Berliner Phantomas joined on drums, and the new line-up debuted at The Villa in Leipzig on Friday the 13th, 2006.
... In November 2006, the band went into Studio Wong in Berlin-Kreuzberg and recorded the band's latest album, The New Colossus.
Along the way Toxo and Mario (Clan of Xymox) have graced FTB with their talents on Bass.
In 2008 Justin Stephens joined the ranks as bass player for the FTB performance at the Mera Luna Festival and has been with the band ever since.
Tourdates
First european gigs will be announced soon
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